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Show Auk l.cmftlncni. tl I unit 111 it-tit. hllo Ptndyliu the ol Ibthcrlei oil the Kewfoundltiul loant, opjiort unity waatnlrn toHt Funk Uhuids. Here w ere dlco cr-l the rnnnlna ot that hut bird, tho great auk. Tbo dellgbti of Ihe oniltholojUt who flrtt grubbfxl up Iho ikelvtonaAtil the fiiva of dtfunct anka on Funk UlAnda coul 1 have Un -rqualtd only by that ct tho initial who tlnd a bunaura. No bird, perhaps no Animal, hM a mora imi-ortimt mlatt m tn thli reapoct to tlio early American fiaherlca tliau tho gnat auk. lndiictimluiitcly tbluuah Urcd by tliouwud. It inmle an im nor taut aildltlon lo the llihonnatia larder, until atliut it ylellodto the nipadoui aul duatructUeajeuclea UwaanotflttM to withstand, an 1 a mrnt intrreatlus ape-dee ape-dee waa totally wIikhI out of cxlitence. All that mm I in todiyin America of a onto Itumeiiaily abuula.it ulguntlo aou fowl lilti burial j .i -o and a few aped menu of tho tgg and in' ui tM iklna nat urali-ita obtAlnM Uforo Ita Annihilation. sNflt-f York Timei. |